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On software development, start-ups, and innovation.
Are We Still Overengineering Mobile Development?
Michael Paric
I'm working on a mobile app for a local non-profit using React Native, Expo, and Supabase. The velocity and cost-efficiency have me questioning something we often take for granted: when did separate native codebases become the default instead of the exception?
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